Food consumption of young stunted and non-stunted children in rural Zambia

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-59

  Hautvast, J L A ^a   Van Der Heijden, L J M ^b   Luneta, A K ^c   Van Staveren, W A ^b   Tolboom, J J M ^a   Van Gastel, S M ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c National Food and Nutrition Commission   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Diet; Energy intake; Height; Preschool children; Zambia

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; PROTEIN; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; IRON INTAKE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN INTAKE; RECALL; RURAL POPULATION; VITAMIN INTAKE; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0032919512     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600676     Document Type: Article

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